"Alliance vows fair campaign"

Alliance vows fair campaign
Chairman promises not to
slander gays.
By Dan Popkey
The Idaho Statesman
Idaho Citizens Alliance chair-
man Kelly Walton vowed to run
a clean campaign for passage of
his anti-gay initiative, saying a
bitter Oregon race over a simi-
ilar measure will not be repeated.
But moments later at his
Statehouse press conference
Thursday - to which he was
accompanied by Oregon Citizen
Alliance founder and now U.S.
Citizens Alliance chief Lon
Mabon - Walton accused gays
of promoting pedophilia.
“I respect the leadership from
the opposition,, Walton said. “I
pledge not to slander any of
those folks and I would appreci­ate
the favor returned. I think.
we can handle this campaign in
a respectful manner.''
But Walton went on to repeat
a phrase from the Oregon cam­paign
that prompted angry ex­changes
there: "The agenda of
homosexuals and pedophilia
have been linked. It's a truth."
Opponents rejected that claim
immediately.
“It’s obviously difficult for
Kelly Walton and Lon Mabon to
deal with facts. Heterosexual
men are the main perpetrators
of pedophilia," Idaho for Human
Dignity head Brian Bergquist
said. ''Why are they trying to
protect child molesters?"
Walton also said the move­ment
to win minority status for 1
homosexuals was growing fast.
“It's going to end up happening
in Idaho," Walton said.
Friday
March 5, 1993

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Alliance vows fair campaign
Chairman promises not to
slander gays.
By Dan Popkey
The Idaho Statesman
Idaho Citizens Alliance chair-
man Kelly Walton vowed to run
a clean campaign for passage of
his anti-gay initiative, saying a
bitter Oregon race over a simi-
ilar measure will not be repeated.
But moments later at his
Statehouse press conference
Thursday - to which he was
accompanied by Oregon Citizen
Alliance founder and now U.S.
Citizens Alliance chief Lon
Mabon - Walton accused gays
of promoting pedophilia.
“I respect the leadership from
the opposition,, Walton said. “I
pledge not to slander any of
those folks and I would appreci­ate
the favor returned. I think.
we can handle this campaign in
a respectful manner.''
But Walton went on to repeat
a phrase from the Oregon cam­paign
that prompted angry ex­changes
there: "The agenda of
homosexuals and pedophilia
have been linked. It's a truth."
Opponents rejected that claim
immediately.
“It’s obviously difficult for
Kelly Walton and Lon Mabon to
deal with facts. Heterosexual
men are the main perpetrators
of pedophilia," Idaho for Human
Dignity head Brian Bergquist
said. ''Why are they trying to
protect child molesters?"
Walton also said the move­ment
to win minority status for 1
homosexuals was growing fast.
“It's going to end up happening
in Idaho," Walton said.
Friday
March 5, 1993